Plan Ahead! do not sweat it..
As I began to work in the education field, I couldn't help to noticed that every time I was assigned to a different classroom, every teacher gave a pretest or post-assessment to the students before teaching the new material. I was a little puzzled, because I didn't understand why at that time. During that time I did not ask much questions until I was hired in a high school where I was assigned to one teacher as a Teacher Assistant. I asked my co teacher why test them before and she answered me with a very good explanation, it all made sense to me then. Learning about Formative Assessment benefits, really made me understand it more thoroughly. it is a way to help us understand the students needs and struggles. Having the opportunity to test them before teaching the material is a good benefit for us, because we get to see what they already know and where we can focus the learning on instead. By reviewing their test scores we are able to modify our lessons to their needs and att...